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Phnom Penh - A Long Day

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March 18th 2009
On TV after school in the 1970's just after Grange Hill and before Blue Peter there was a TV program called Newsround, a five minute news slot for kids. While I was watching this one day the main news story unfolding was about someone called Pol Pot and a revolution in a place place called Kampuchea (today's Cambodia). I don't remember much about the story except something about the country going ... read more

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Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more